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Dengue and chikungunya viruses are transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes. In Martinique, an
island of the French West Indies, Aedes aegypti is the suspected vector of both arboviruses;
there is no Aedes albopictus on the island. During the concomitant outbreak of 2013 – 2015,
the authors collected wild A. aegypti populations, and for the first time, detected dengue and
chikungunya viruses in field-collected females. This paper demonstrates the mosquito’s role in
transmission of both dengue and chikungunya on the island, and also highlights a tool that
public health authorities can use for preventing outbreaks.
Keywords Aedes; culicidae; dengue; chikungunya virus; vector control

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